Twilight of Heroes [Mass Market Paperback]

Ralph Peters (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997

A U.S. military team on a mission of mercy is massacred in a remote Bolivian village--with no trace of the killers. A colonel awaiting retirement makes it his final mission to fight for the truth...only to find himself in a world of deceit, disease, heartless violence and dreams of a better future. Exploding out of the jungle, events turn into a crisis in Washington, as international drug lords, ambassadors, generals, renegade gunmen and simple families find themselves on the edge of a "dirty little war" the nation does not want to fight and cannot afford to lose.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

This is a strong, beautifully written adventure from an author whose previous efforts--Flames of Heaven, The Perfect Soldier, and Red Army--marked him as a rising star. American Army Colonel John Church, waiting for his retirement papers, blames himself when a team of his soldiers building a medical clinic in Bolivia is massacred by drug dealers. Church lurches into action to revenge his men and finish their mission, but all kinds of people don't want him to succeed.

From Publishers Weekly

Peters (Red Army) is closing in the big leagues of thriller writers with this convincing novel of international drug trade. After the mysterious massacre of a U.S. military team on a mission of mercy in remote Bolivia, the aging Col. John Church takes the blame. As a self-imposed penance, he also takes on the aborted mission and unwittingly becomes America's latest hero. What follows is a story of deceit, disease and despair that captivates even as it infuriates with its depiction of men betrayed. Don't be surprised if Peters's climactic battle scene, so penetratingly and movingly written, reduces some readers to tears.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 450 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm); First Avon Books printing (full number line) edition (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380788985
• ISBN-13: 978-0380788989
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,479,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Peters' Best Book, October 12, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Twilight of Heroes (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is Ralph Peters' best work, period! War in 2020 got me bogged down in technical doodads and gadgets, not so with this offering. This book even examines the tense relationship between the military and how the press spins its coverage. ( Over dinner in one instance). It does so without EVER slowing down its pace, and you'll want to read it again like me. As a matter of fact you may read it thrice...now where is my copy....? Geron L- a reader

5 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fiction mixed with reality., April 10, 1998

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"foxm1953" (FT Lewis, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Twilight of Heroes (Mass Market Paperback)

Then Major Peters produced an interesting work on the counterdrug effort, an effort that the US still remains commited to throughout Latin America. It is evident that when you sort through the fictional relationships established in the book, the complexity of providing these nations support from multiple levels of the US Gov. This is a task too large for any single agency or individual. What Mr Peters fails to paint is the total INABILITY of the US military ever taking an active part in any counterdrug effort, restrictions driven by US Law. The US Govt assists in many ways, but the problem remains that drugs have NOT been recognbized for the WMD they represent to America. In the end, US power and capabilities often appear handcuffed by a multiple groups of drug dealers made up of a mix of wise businessmen, political and military associates, and thugs, otherwise known as terrorist organizations.